‘The Mars Show’ lands at Schenectady Museum

Man has marveled at Mars for ages. The Greeks named a god after the Red Planet (Mars, the god of war), H.G. Wells wrote of Martians attacking Earth in “The War of the Worlds,” and Orson Wells scared thousands of radio listeners in the 1940s with his dramatization of Wells’ story.

The impact of Mars on history and popular culture, how the planet looks today and future plans to explore Earth’s solar neighbor are part of “The Mars Show,” set to be showcased this week at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium. The planetarium production is narrated by actor Patrick Stewart, who played Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek – The Next Generation” and several “Star Trek” films.